Improvement is buttons



IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

PAUL .uniNcoIs MAUvAs, or New Your; Ntrp Leaere Patent Ne. 60,217, dead December 4, 1866.

p SPECIFICATON. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, PAUL FnANcoIs Man'vss, of NewYork, in the -county ondfState ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful improvements lin` Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, Yreference being had to the accompanying drawingsf The object of my invention is to provideal ready means whereby buttons mayhc secured-to lthel cloth or` other material with which they are used, withoht being sewn thereto as ordinarily done, sothutzthey may be quickly and without trouble attached to or detached from the cloth; and its `further object is to produce a buttoning device, by the employment of `which the button holes which are usually formedin garments may be dispensed with. To this end my invention consists in substituting for the loop with which buttons are ordinarily provided, a straight shank, on whose end are studs which project out laterally fromthe shank, and which l,

catch in grooves formed in aplate or disk, which, after the shank is inserted through `the cloth, is litted over its end, and is held in place by the said studs, thus securing the button to thecloth, In order to accomplish the f l second object of my invention, z'. e., the dispensing with the use of button holes, I employ the `following means; I take a dat plate of suitable shape, to the centre of which a metal shank, made as above described, is attached by any suitable means. This shank is inserted through the cloth at the point'whcro `thc3b`utton` hole would ordinarily be formed, and has fitted over its end a perforated plate, which is grooved so as to receive the shank studs, and holds the device firmly to the cloth. The construction andarrangement of this rembvablc holding plate and the shank are identical with those of the button first above mentioned. In order to connect this device' with thebutton, I'attttch to the top oi' the upper plateff the device a straight:` shank or stern of suitable e length, around the upper ond of which a iiauge is formed. yThis stem is inserted up through the `shank of the button above described, which shank when used in this connection is made tabula-nor hollow, and'is then held tightly to the button byu spring mechanism, arranged, as hereinafter described, in the"` top'of, orwithinthe y button, which catches under and around the Hangs on thc stem, and holds it fast. In the accompanying draw ings I have fully shown the manner in which my invention may be carried `into eiicct.`

Figure 2 is a vertical section of a but-toni constructed in accordance with my invention. Itfcohsistsof theI y following parts: the top or shell a, the under plate b, technically termed the collet," theshank`cand the e holding plate d. AThe shank c is attached to the collet b by solder or other suitable means. It may-ibo mede-oi"V e various lengths to suit the thickness of the material A with which it is used, nndupon itsend are forliled laterally projecting studs, f. It may also be niadc solid, or it muy be made tubular, as shown in the drawings. After the. shank c has becninserted through the cloth A, a holding plate d, shown in iig. 2, j(bi`s,) istted over its end. This plate has u. hole in its centro just large enough to ft over the shank c, whilethe radial `slots L, with Vwhich it is provided admit of its ,passingfover the studs f. As soon as it clears'thc studsit is turned so as to remove the slots from the-studs, the latter; then fitting into radial grooves or notches, e', formed` in the plate nl, but not passing entirely through it, as is the' case with the slots It. The studs thus hold the plate to the shank, which is consequently prevented from beirg drawn out from the material A. To facilitate the, adjusting or removal of the plate @Zito er from the shank, I employ a device, shown at z, iig. 5, the forked end of which fits l in thc holes k of the plate. I am thus enablcil to turn thc plate with ease, either to secure` it ou the shank, or

to remove it therefrom. The button thus constructed may be applied to, or removed from, the cloth with ease and despatch, and may be used eithery with orwithout the `buttoning device shownin iig, `3, which I am new` l about to describe, and which may beused to advantage instead ofthe-ordinary button hole, beingappled to, or i removed from, the cloth or other material with which it is used, without trouble. Itconsistsofn crcular`plat, l, of a out the size of the plate d, which has secured to its under siii'e a shank, mpivoted with studs, fn, simi- ,l lar in shape and location to those on the shank c of the button in iig. 2. This Shank isinscrtedlthrough the i e cloth B at the point where the button hole would ordinarilybe formed, and is then` lield in placeby a plate,"o, (similar in all respects to the plate d, fig. 2,) which iits over its end and engages `withathe studs `To `the upper side of the plate l is fastened a stem p of suitable length, around the upper `endof which a flange, 1,is` made, or a groove is cut. When this device is employed in place of a buttouthole, the button, shown in iig. 2,

has n. hollow or tubular shank, large enough to admit of the passage through `it of the stem 1J, `and on the `upper side of the collet b, in the space between it and the top of 'the shell a, is arrangedfa springmechanism, shown ini` dig. 1. This mechanism consists of a locking piece a', which is pivoted atoue endto thecollet b,1and,atthe other to a rod or stem, .6', which is at right angles, or nearly so, to the locking piece, lying in the same horijjV l zontal plane, and extends out through the button, terminating in a little knob. The locking piece a' extends partially over the opening d in the collet b, which forms the continuation of the tubular opening in the shank c. At this point the locking piece has formed in it a segmental-shaped recess, which `just fits the neck of the stem p, iig. 3, under thc flange r. The piece a is held in thc position shown in black lines, fig. 1, by the pressure of a springe', which bears against it. When itis required to fasten together the folds of che cloth A and B, to which the button aud buttoning device, shown in figs. 2 and 3, have been respectively attached as above described, the two folds are brought together so that the stemp of the buttoning device may be inserted up through the shank e of the button until the locking piece a', which has been forced back so as to allow the head of the sternp to pass up, will catch around the stem under the angc r, in which position it is held by the spring c, as shown plainly in fig. 4. When it is desired to disconnect the folds A B,`the knob of the rod b is pressed upon, by means of which the resistance of the spring c' is overcome, and the locking piece a is forced backfrom the opening d', as shown in red lines in iig. 1, thus permitting the withdrawal of the stem p from the shank c, and the consequent separation of the folds A and B. At y, iig. 5, is shown a needle, which may be used to facilitate the securing of the button,'"shown in iig. 2, to the cloth. nThe flanged or grooved end y of the needle is inserted up through the tubular shank c, where it is held by the locking mechanism in the top oi' the button, in the manner above described. The needle is then pushed through the cloth, carrying with it the shank e, whose end is also drawn through the cloth. The needle is then detached from the button by pressing back the locking piece a in the manner above indicated, after which the plate d is applied to the end of the shank, as hereinbefore described. The button and buttoning device may be made of any material desired, such as gold, silver, ivory, 8m.; and the button may be used either with the buttoning device or sepa.- rately therefrom,in any connection in which'ordinary buttons or studs and button holes are used.

Having thus described my invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into eieet, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. Iolaim the combination, with a button shank, provided at o'r near its end with one or more laterally projecting teeth. or studs, of a. metal or other plate, or equivalent device, slotted and perforated as herein described, so that it may be adjusted to, or removed from, said shank, as and for the purpose set forth.'

2. I claim thc combination, with a button provided with a tubular shank and locking mechanism as described, of the fastening or buttoning device herein described, the same consisting of aplate provided with a. shank,

secured to the cloth or other material in the manner above indicated, and with u. stem groovcd or iianged at its upper end, so as `to engage with the locking mechanism of the button, substantially as herein shown and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification before two subscribing witnesses.'

MAUvAs (PAUL FRANcoIs.)' 

